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Richland County committee moves to measure FMLA forward from first use, not backward
Summary
The committee approved changing the county's FMLA 12‑month measurement from a rolling backward look to a forward‑measured 12‑month period and asked staff to confirm stacking rules for federal and state leave.
County staff presented an updated Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) policy to the Richland County Executive & Finance Committee, and the committee directed a change to how the county measures the 12‑month FMLA period.
A staff member who worked on the rewrite said most edits were grammatical and aimed at making the policy easier to read; the substantive change approved by the committee was to measure the 12‑month period going forward from the date an employee first takes leave (for example, leave beginning Nov. 6 would be measured forward to Nov. 5 of the following year), rather than measuring backward as the policy previously specified.
Committee members asked clarifying questions about how federal and state leave interact and whether benefits can stack; staff agreed to confirm the county handbook’s consistency with the new FMLA language and to check with legal counsel (corporation counsel) on the stacking question and related compliance issues before final adoption.
The committee instructed staff to revise the draft to state the forward‑measured 12‑month period explicitly and to return with clarified wording and confirmation on federal/state stacking rules at the next meeting.
